According to reports that Professor Wole Soyinka has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari over his reaction to the Fulani herdsmen attacks and killings across the country.
Buhari who had been serially slammed for refusing to move against the marauding herdsmen, finally broke his silence on Wednesday, April 27, when he said the circle of violence would be a thing of the past within the next 18 months.
However, Soyinka faulted Buhari’s assurance and said it was unacceptable as it failed to provide any reassurance for Nigerians.
Speaking at the National Conference on Culture and Tourism, on Wednesday, April 27, in Osogbo the Osun state capital, Soyinka said he felt mortified by the presidential assurance to the nation regarding the homicidal escalation between the cattle prowlers and the agrarian communities.
The Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, April 28 pleaded not guilty to an ammended 16 counts preferred against him by the Federal Government before the code of conduct tribunal, reports The Punch
The amendment to the original 13 counts added fresh counts 3, 14 and 16. He was accused in count 3 of abusing his office between October 2006 and May 2007 while he was the Kwara state governor.
The Guardian reports that the Ondo state governor, Olusegun Mimiko, southeast senators and some major groups in Nigeria have warned that Nigeria is heading towards the precipice if insecurity reflected in the activities of Boko Haram and herdsmen are not caged.
Source : naij.com
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